US6046187A - Formulations and methods for providing prolonged local anesthesia - Google Patents

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US6046187A
US6046187A US08/714,783 US71478396A US6046187A US 6046187 A US6046187 A US 6046187A US 71478396 A US71478396 A US 71478396A US 6046187 A US6046187 A US 6046187A
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  • This invention is generally in the field of anesthesiology and, in particular, the restoration and/or boosting of a previously administered local anesthesia by the use of a non-local anesthetic agent to reactivate and/or prolong local anesthesia.
  • Methods and/or formulations heretofore used to provided localized anesthesia are advantageously reversible so that nerve conduction and motor and/or sensory function returns.
  • the anti-inflammatories that are said to be useful include steroids such as dexamethasone, cortisone, prednisone, and others routinely administered orally or by injection.
  • steroids such as dexamethasone, cortisone, prednisone, and others routinely administered orally or by injection.
  • the exemplified pellet formulations comprise only about 20% local anesthetic and this published international patent application teaches that the selection of the polymers is critical to providing a sustained release of the local anesthetic agent.
  • This publication also teaches that the anti-inflammatory agent serves to prevent localized tissue inflammation and encapsulation of the injection site with a connective tissue capsule. However, the local anesthesia so provided is of necessity prolonged, without any option for modulating the level of anesthesia.
  • glucocorticosteroid agents also referred to herein as glucocorticoid agents
  • glucocorticoid agents also referred to herein as glucocorticoid agents
  • the invention is related to methods and compositions for reactivating and/or prolonging a local anesthetic effect, that has previously been induced by an implanted or injected local anesthetic formulation.
  • the present invention broadly provides methods for reactivating and/or prolonging an induced local anesthesia at a site in a patient in need thereof, comprising administering to the patient at a site at which local anesthesia was previously induced, a pharmaceutically acceptable composition that includes a glucocorticosteroid in an amount effective to reactivate and/or prolong the previously induced local anesthesia.
  • the previous local anesthesia is induced by any art known local anesthetic or by a combination of any suitable art-known local anesthetic and any suitable art-known glucocorticosteroid.
  • the glucocorticosteroid for reactivating and/or prolonging a local anesthesia is administered by, e.g., systemic administration, e.g., orally or intravenously, or by implantation, infiltration, injection and/or infusion at or adjacent to the site requiring reactivated or prolonged anesthesia, and is administered, for example, before or after the local anesthesia has substantially worn off, to provide reactivation and/or prolongation of the effect.
  • At least a portion of the glucocorticoid is administered, simply by way of example, at a time ranging from about 1 to about 72 hours or more, from about 1 to about 36 hours, from about 1 to about 24 hours, from about 1 to about 12 hours, from about 1 to about 6 hours, and from about 1 to about 4 hours, or from about 4 to about 72 hours and from about 4 to about 24 hours, after the time that the (e.g., first) local anesthetic was administered.
  • the previously administered local anesthetic is, for example, bupivacaine, ropivacaine, dibucaine, procaine, chloroprocaine, prilocaine, mepivacaine, etidocaine, tetracaine, lidocaine, xylocaine, and salts thereof or any other pharmaceutically acceptable art-known local anesthetic or mixtures thereof
  • the glucocorticosteroid is, e.g., dexamethasone, cortisone, prednisone, hydrocortisone, beclomethasone dipropionate, betamethasone, flunisolide, methylprednisone, paramethasone, prednisolone, triamcinolone, alclometasone, amcinonide, clobetasol, fludrocortisone, diflorasone diacetate, fluocinolone acetonide, fluocinonide, fluorometholone, flurandren
  • the glucocorticosteroid may be administered systemically, e.g., orally or by systemic injection, but is preferably administered locally at the desired site in a patient.
  • the locally administered glucocorticosteroid can be administered in immediate release form, in controlled release form or in both immediate release and controlled release form.
  • the immediate release and/or controlled release forms are preferably prepared in a form suitable for injection, infusion and/or application in a pharmaceutically acceptable medium, e.g., as a solution, suspension or even, e.g., as a plurality of microspheres incorporating one or more agents, including a glucocorticosteroid.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable medium e.g., as a solution, suspension or even, e.g., as a plurality of microspheres incorporating one or more agents, including a glucocorticosteroid.
  • the methods according to the present invention provide a local anesthesia prolonged by reactivation of a previously administered local anesthetic agent, the reactivation providing a local anesthesia having a duration ranging from, e.g., about 1.1 to about 14 fold, or more, of the duration of local anesthesia induced by controlled release local anesthetic without glucocorticosteroid enhancement.
  • the prolongation ranges from about 6 to about 13 fold of the duration of local anesthesia induced by controlled release local anesthetic without glucocorticosteroid enhancement.
  • the methods according to the invention are therefore capable of providing an initial period of local anesthetic induced anesthesia, that is either prolonged or that is reactivated to provide a local anesthesia with a duration ranging from about 1 to about 72 hours or more, from about 1 to about 36 hours, from about 1 to about 24 hours, from about 4 to about 8 hours and from about 1 to about 2 hours, measured from the time of administration of the reactivating composition.
  • the invention also provides pharmaceutical formulations for providing a regional local anesthesia in a patient that, when administered to a local site in a patient, sequentially releases an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable local anesthetic and then at a time after administration, releases an amount of a glucocorticosteroid effective to reactivate and/or prolong the local anesthesia.
  • a pharmaceutical formulation according to the invention also includes an effective amount of a biocompatible, controlled release material effective to prolong the release of said local anesthetic from said formulation and effective to delay the release of the glucocorticosteroid for a desired time after administration.
  • the glucocorticoid agent according to the invention can be released or administered at the desired site at any time, but preferably at least a portion that is effective to prolong and/or reactivate the desired local anesthesia is released or administered after the local anesthetic has been administered. At least a portion of the glucocorticoid is released from said formulation, simply by way of example, at a time ranging from about 1 to about 72 hours or more, from about 1 to about 36 hours, from about 1 to about 24 hours, from about 1 to about 6 hours, or from about 4 to about 24 hours and from about 1 to about 2 hours, measured from the time that the (e.g., first) local anesthetic was administered.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable controlled release materials preferably are prepared from a polymer such as, for example, polyanhydrides, copolymers of lactic acid and glycolic acid, poly(lactic) acid, poly(glycolic) acid, polyesters, polyorthoesters, proteins and/or polysaccharides.
  • a polymer such as, for example, polyanhydrides, copolymers of lactic acid and glycolic acid, poly(lactic) acid, poly(glycolic) acid, polyesters, polyorthoesters, proteins and/or polysaccharides.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable local anesthetic is, for example, ropivacaine, bupivacaine, dibucaine, etidocaine, tetracaine, lidocaine, xylocaine, mixtures thereof, and salts thereof and others well known to the art.
  • the local anesthetic is incorporated into the controlled release formula at a weight percent ranging from about 0.1 to about 90%
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable glucocorticosteroid includes, e.g., dexamethasone, cortisone, prednisone, hydrocortisone, beclomethasone dipropionate, betamethasone, flunisolide, methylprednisone, paramethasone, prednisolone, triamcinolone, alclometasone, amcinonide, clobetasol, fludrocortisone, diflorasone diacetate, fluocinolone acetonide, fluocinonide, fluorometholone, flurandrenolide, halcinonide, medrysone and/or mometasone and pharmaceutically acceptable mixtures salts thereof or any other suitable glucocorticosteroid known to the art.
  • dexamethasone is used.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable formulation according to the invention provides a reactivated local anesthesia of a duration ranging from about 1.1 to about 14 fold, or more, of the duration of local anesthesia induced by controlled release local anesthetic without glucocorticosteroid enhancement.
  • the prolongation ranges from about 6 to about 13 fold of the duration of local anesthesia induced by controlled release local anesthetic without glucocorticosteroid enhancement.
  • the methods and formulations according to the invention are therefore capable of providing an initial period of local anesthetic induced anesthesia, followed by a second period of anesthesia, that is either prolonged or that is reactivated to provide a second period of local anesthesia.
  • FIG. 1A is a graph of percent cumulative release of bupivacaine versus time (days), in vitro, for two formulations of polylactic acid-glycolic acid 75:25, one PLGA microsphere formulation with dexamethasone (open circle) and without dexamethasone (open square) 0.05%.
  • FIG. 1B is a graph of bupivacaine dose verses the duration of sensory latency (hours), in animals treated with microspheres containing bupivacaine 75% (w/w) and 0.05% dexamethasone prepared from 100 polylactic acid (“PLA”; square), copolymer of lactic and glycolic acid (“PLGA”) 65:35 (circle), and PLGA 75:25 (triangle) loaded with bupivacaine and dexamethasone, administered at doses of 50 to 450 mg of bupivacaine/Kg rat. Duration was defined as the mean duration of time for which the for which the latency of a group of 5 rats was greater than or equal to 7 seconds. Error bars indicate standard errors.
  • FIG. 2 Shows comparison of two methods, ultraviolet (“UV”) spectroscopy and scintillation counting of isotope-labeled drug, confirming that both methods are essentially equivalent in tracing drug released from microspheres.
  • UV ultraviolet
  • FIG. 3A Duration of sensory latency (secs) versus time after injection (hours), determined by the modified hot plate test for 75% bupivacaine loaded PLGA 65:35 containing 0.05% (closed square), 0.005% (closed circles), and 0.0% (closed triangles) dexamethasone. Error bars indicate standard errors.
  • FIG. 3B Duration of motor anesthesia in seconds ("secs") versus time after injection (hours), determined by motor function testing for 75% bupivacaine loaded PLGA 65:35 containing 0.05% (closed square), 0.005% (closed circles), and 0.0% (closed triangles) dexamethasone. Error bars indicate standard errors.
  • FIG. 4A Duration of mean latency (secs) verses time after injection (hrs) for PLA 100 microspheres loaded with 75% bupivacaine which contained 0.05% dexamethasone (closed circles) with corresponding microspheres which did not contain dexamethasone (closed squares) administered at 150 mg of bupivacaine per kg of rat.
  • FIG. 4B Duration of mean latency (secs) verses time after injection (hrs) for PLGA 75:25 microspheres loaded with 75% bupivacaine which contained 0.05% dexamethasone (closed squares) with corresponding microspheres which did not contain dexamethasone (closed circles) administered at 150 mg of bupivacaine per kg of rat.
  • FIG. 4C Duration of mean latency (secs) verses time after injection (hrs) for PLGA 65:35 microspheres loaded with 75% bupivacaine which contained 0.05% dexamethasone (open squares) with corresponding microspheres which do not contain dexamethasone (closed circles) administered at 150 mg of bupivacaine per kg of rat.
  • FIG. 4D Duration of mean latency (secs) verses time after injection (hrs) for PLGA 50:50 microspheres loaded with 75% bupivacaine which contained 0.05% dexamethasone (closed squares) with corresponding microspheres which do not contain dexamethasone (closed circles) administered at 150 mg of bupivacaine per kg of rat. Error bar indicate standard errors.
  • FIG. 5B Graph of mean motor anesthesia (scaled 1-4) verses time (hrs) for bupivacaine-loaded microspheres with dexamethasone in the injection fluid (open squares) and bupivacaine-loaded microspheres with betamethasone in the injection fluid (closed triangles) and control microspheres with bupivacaine only (closed circles).
  • FIG. 6 Percent in vitro cumulative release versus time (days) for PLA 100 (square), PLGA 75:25 (closed circle), PLGA 65:35 (open triangle) and PLGA 50:50 (circle) microspheres loaded with 75% bupivacaine. Error bars indicate standard errors.
  • FIG. 8A shows sensory anesthesia as latency (secs) verses time after injection (hours) as induced by microspheres, PLGA 65:35, loaded with bupivacaine (about 75% percent loading, about 150 mg/kg) administered at zero hours followed by injection with dexamethasone at 6 hours: bupivacaine rnicrospheres (circles), dexamethasone, 0.5 mg/kg, added at 6 hours (squares) and control vehicle added at 6 hours (triangles).
  • FIG. 8B Motor anesthesia scale verses time (hrs) as induced by microspheres, PLGA 65:35, loaded with bupivacaine (about 75% percent loading, about 150 mg/kg) administered at zero hours followed by injection with dexamethasone 0.5% (closed circles) at 6 hours: bupivacaine microspheres (open circles), dexamethasone, 0.5 mg/kg, added at 6 hours (closed circles) and control vehicle added at 6 hours (open squares).
  • Methods and compositions for modulating a local anesthesia, by the administration of an effective amount of at least one glucocorticosteroid agent are provided. These methods and compositions can be used for the management of various forms of persistent or repetitive pain, such as postoperative pain, sympathetically maintained pain, or certain forms of chronic pain such as the pain associated with many types of cancer.
  • the modulation according to the present invention can include restoring or reactivating a previous anesthesia that has waned and can also include restoring or reactivating a previous local anesthesia that has been induced by the previous co-administration of a local anesthetic and glucocorticosteroid agent.
  • the term "patient” broadly refers to any animal that is to be treated with the compositions and by the methods herein disclosed.
  • the disclosed local anesthetic dosage form, compositions and methods for restoring local anesthesia can provide localized numbness and/or analgesia to any animal, e.g., any vertebrate, which it is desired to so anesthetize.
  • the disclosed methods and compositions will find use in veterinary practice and animal husbandry for, e.g., birds and mammals, wherever prolonged local anesthesia is convenient or desirable.
  • the term includes a human or humans in need of or desiring reactivated local anesthesia.
  • a pharmaceutically effective glucocorticosteroid is administered locally or systemically, to a patient, before any local anesthetic is administered to the patient.
  • the glucocorticosteroid dose will then potentiate, e.g., prolong the duration or increase the degree of local anesthesia of a later-administered local anesthetic.
  • local anesthetic agent means any drug or mixture of drugs that provides local numbness and/or analgesia.
  • local anesthetic agents which can be used include bupivacaine, ropivacaine, dibucaine, procaine, chloroprocaine, prilocaine, mepivacaine, etidocaine, tetracaine, lidocaine, and xylocaine, and mixtures thereof and any other art-known pharmaceutically acceptable local anesthetic.
  • the local anesthetic can be in the form of a salt, for example, the hydrochloride, bromide, acetate, citrate, carbonate or sulfate.
  • the local anesthetic agent is in the form of a free base.
  • Preferred local anesthetic agents include, e.g., bupivacaine.
  • the free base provides a slower initial release and avoids an early "dumping" of the local anesthetic at the injection site.
  • Other local anesthetics may act differently.
  • Local anesthetic agents typically administered systematically may also be used in those cases where the means of administration results only in a local effect, rather than systemic.
  • local anesthetic may also encompass, pursuant to the definitions provided herein, a drug of a different class than those traditionally associated with local anesthetic properties, including but not limited to morphine, fentanyl and agents which, for example, can provide anesthesia of nociceptive pathways (afferent and/or efferent).
  • the formulations according to the invention preferably provide high load formulations of controlled release local anesthetic agent.
  • local anesthesia includes the condition of, e.g., a local numbness and/or analgesia, and/or inhibitory effects on sensory and motor function, induced, simply by way of example, by a local anesthetic as defined above.
  • controlled release generally refers to compositions, e.g., pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, for controlling the release of an active agent or drug incorporated therein, typically by slowing the release of the active agent or drug in order to prevent immediate release.
  • Such controlled release compositions and/or carriers are used herein to prolong or sustain the release of an active agent or drug incorporated, e.g., a local anesthetic and/or a glucocorticoid agent.
  • controlled release and “sustained release” are generally used interchangeably throughout this document unless otherwise indicated.
  • the term "reactivate” refers to a process of prolonging the duration of an existing local anesthetic effect or of restoring a previously induced local anesthesia that is wearing off or that has fully worn off, by administering to a patient an effective amount of a glucocorticosteroid at a site that has previously been treated with a local anesthetic in that patient.
  • any local anesthetic effect i.e., a local anesthesia
  • subsides or wears off so that sensory or motor function is reactivated.
  • the local anesthesia is optionally reactivated or prolonged before or after the local anesthesia begins to wear off.
  • this is accomplished by delivering, e.g., topically applying inserting, infiltrating, injecting or even systemically administering, at least one pharmaceutically effective dose of a composition including a glucocorticosteroid agent at and/or adjacent to the site to be treated.
  • Administration can also be by the automatic or controlled release of a glucocorticosteroid from a controlled release formulation previously placed at and/or adjacent to a site to be so treated.
  • the glucocorticosteroid is delivered by any art known method at or adjacent to the site at which a local anesthetic was previously induced. In this way, additional doses and accumulation of potentially irritating or toxic amounts of local anesthetic are avoided. It is also contemplated that the local anesthesia is optionally repeatedly reactivated and/or prolonged by repeated administration or local release of an effective amount of a suitable glucocorticosteroid agent.
  • any pharmaceutically acceptable formulation suitable for topical administration e.g., to the skin or mucosal surfaces may be employed for administration of a local anesthetic and/or a glucocorticoid agent according to the invention, either as a single formulation or in separate formulations for inducing topical local anesthesia.
  • any pharmaceutically acceptable formulation for local implantation, infiltration or injection in proximity to a nerve comprising an effective amount of a suitable local anesthetic, in immediate release and/or controlled release form, may be employed to provide localized anesthesia as needed.
  • Slow release formulations and/or carriers e.g., emulsions, liposomes, gels, suspensions, gum matrices, and a wide variety of polymer formulations; known in the art include specially coated pellets, polymer formulations or matrices for surgical insertion or controlled release microparticles or microspheres for implantation, insertion or injection, wherein the slow release of the active medicament is brought about through controlled diffusion out of the matrix and/or selective breakdown of a polymer matrix.
  • the formulation may optionally be coated with a special coating, film or barrier layer designed to control release of a local anesthetic agent by controlling its diffusion out of the formulation and/or by selective breakdown of the coating or selective breakdown of a matrix, if present.
  • formulations and methods of the invention may be used in conjunction with any implantable, insert able or injectable delivery system known in the art, including but not limited to microspheres, microcapsules, gels, pastes, implantable rods, pellets, plates or fibers, and the like.
  • formulations suitable for use in restoration of localized anesthesia may be prepared as solutions or suspensions of glucocorticosteroids in immediate release or controlled release form, as described hereinabove for local anesthetic formulations.
  • An effective amount of a glucocorticosteroid formulation may also be administered systemically, e.g., intravenously or orally, to provide for restoration of local anesthesia, but localized administration is preferred.
  • slow release formulations that can be used for recovery of localized anesthesia can be any suitable formulations that are known in the art, e.g., including specially coated pellets, polymer formulations or matrices for surgical insertion or as controlled release, e.g., microspheres, or, optionally, microcapsules for implantation, insertion or injection, wherein the slow release of the active medicament is brought about through controlled diffusion out of the matrix formulation, e.g., and/or selective breakdown of the coating of the preparation or selective breakdown of a polymer matrix.
  • the slow release formulation is prepared as microspheres in a size distribution range suitable for local injection.
  • the diameter and shape of the microspheres or other particles can be manipulated to modify the release characteristics.
  • larger diameter microspheres wil typically provide slower rates of release and reduced tissue penetration and smaller diameters of microspheres will produce the opposite effects, relative to microspheres of different mean diameter but of the same composition.
  • other particle shapes such as, for example, cylindrical shapes, can also modify release rates by virtue of the increased ratio of surface area to mass inherent to such alternative geometrical shapes, relative to a spherical shape.
  • the local anesthetic can be provided in a controlled release form and a glucocorticosteroid can also be included in the local anesthetic formulation.
  • the invention provides microspheres containing both local anesthetic and at least one glucocorticosteroid, wherein the controlled release microspheres are formulated to begin releasing the glucocorticosteroid simultaneously with the release of the local anesthetic and/or after a predetermined time period post-injection, when it is desired to restore or prolong the initial local anesthesia.
  • pellets, spheroids and microspheres and the like can be prepared to comprise an outer layer of controlled release local anesthetic agent coated on a substrate comprising a glucocorticosteroid in immediate release or in controlled release form, in order to effect a predetermined order of release of the respective agents.
  • the pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising a glucocorticosteroid agent can be administered by any art known method, including oral ingestion, systemic injection and local infiltration, infusion or injection.
  • the reactivating glucocorticosteroid agent can be placed in a controlled release formulation from which release can be optionally initiated and controlled by a signal generated outside of the patient's body.
  • This aspect of the present invention provides for greater convenience and reduced patient discomfort by providing control of local anesthesia without requiring further injections.
  • a single injection of controlled release local anesthetic and a signal-controlled glucocorticosteroid formulation can be administered, e.g., before a surgical procedure.
  • the rate of release of the glucocorticosteroid agent from the formulation previously administered is increased by application of an external signal.
  • Such signal-controlled release formulations are known to the art and, simply by way of example, include polymer matrices embedded with small magnets which increase the rate of release of an incorporated active agent in the presence of oscillating magnetic fields (e. g., Edelman, 1993, Biomaterials 14(8):621-626; a hydrophilic polymer capable of a rapid increase in the rate of release of incorporated active agent upon the application of ultrasound (Miyazaki et al, 1988, Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmacology 40(10):716-717) and a hydrophilic polymer matrix capable of delivering an incorporated active agent at increased rates, upon exposure to microwave radiation (Miyazaki et al., 1989, Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 27(1) 208-10).
  • the artisan will, of course, appreciate that other signal-modulated polymer formulations are readily adaptable to the convenient practice of the present invention.
  • the diameter of injectable microspheres are sized for convenience in administration by local infiltration, injection, infusion or application.
  • the microspheres range in size from about 5 microns to about 200 microns in diameter. In a more preferred embodiment, the microspheres range in diameter from about 20 to about 120 microns.
  • the controlled release carrier and/or material should be biocompatible, e.g., safe for administration to a patient.
  • biocompatibility is enhanced by purification methods known to the art, e.g., recrystallization of either the monomers forming the polymer and/or the polymer using standard techniques.
  • the carrier is a biocompatible, non-inflammatory and nonbiodegradable polymer such as, e.g., ethylene vinyl acetate ("EVA").
  • EVA ethylene vinyl acetate
  • Such a nonbiocompatible polymer permits inserted or injected formulations to remain localized and able to be removed, intact, should that be required.
  • Biodegradable carriers soften and lose their structural integrity over time, making the task of emergency removal difficult, if not impossible.
  • Polymers that are pharmaceutically acceptable, i.e., biocompatible, can be utilized as the controlled release material.
  • Such polymers can be selected from a variety of sources including co-polymers of hydroxy acids such as lactic acid and glycolic acid, polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid, polyanhydrides, polyorthoesters, polycaprolactones, polyphosphazenes, polysaccharides, proteinaceous polymers, soluble derivatives of polysaccharides, soluble derivatives of proteinaceous polymers, polypeptides, polyesters, and polyorthoesters.
  • the polysaccharides may be poly-1,4-glucans, e.g., starch glycogen, amylose and amylopectin, and the like.
  • the hydrophilic or hydrophobic polymer may be a water-soluble derivative of a poly-1,4-glucan, including hydrolyzed amylopectin, hydroxyalkyl derivatives of hydrolyzed amylopectin such as hydroxyethyl starch (HES), hydroxyethyl amylose, dialdehyde starch, and the like.
  • the polymers are also biocompatible
  • Preferred controlled release materials which are useful in the formulations of the invention include the polyanhydrides, co-polymers of lactic acid and glycolic acid wherein the weight ratio of lactic acid to glycolic acid is no more than 4:1 (i.e., 80% or less lactic acid to 20% or more glycolic acid by weight), and polyorthoesters containing a catalyst or degradation enhancing compound, for example, containing at least 1% by weight anhydride catalyst such as maleic anhydride.
  • Other useful polymers include protein polymers such as gelatin and fibrin and polysaccharides such as hyaluronic acid. Since polylactic acid takes at least one year to degrade in vivo, this polymer should be utilized by itself only in circumstances where such a degradation rate is desirable or acceptable.
  • Proteinaceous polymers may also be used. Proteinaceous polymers and their soluble derivatives include gelation biocompatible synthetic polypeptides, elastin, alkylated collagen, alkylated elastin, and the like. Biocompatible synthetic polypeptides also include poly-(N-hydroxyalkyl)-L-asparagine, poly-(N-hydroxyalkyl)-L-glutamine, copolymers of N-hydroxyalkyl-L-asparagine and N-hydroxyalkyl-L-glutamine with other amino acids. Suggested amino acids include L-alamine, L-lysine, L-phenylalanine, L-valine, L-tyrosine, and the like.
  • the biocompatible polymer comprises a gel
  • one such useful polymer is a thermally gelling polymer, e.g., polyethylene oxide, polypropylene oxide (PEO-PPO) block copolymer such as Pluronic® F127 from BASF Wyandotte.
  • the local anesthetic formulation may be injected via syringe as a free-flowing liquid, which gels rapidly above 30° C. (e.g., when injected into a patient). The gel system then releases a steady dose of local anesthetic at the site of administration.
  • the controlled release material which in effect acts as a carrier for the local anesthetic and/or the glucocorticoid agent, can further include a bioadhesive polymer such as pectins (polygalacturonic acid), mucopolysaccharides (hyaluronic acid, mucin) or non-toxic lectins or the polymer itself may be bioadhesive, e.g., polyanhydride or polysaccharides such as chitosan.
  • a bioadhesive polymer such as pectins (polygalacturonic acid), mucopolysaccharides (hyaluronic acid, mucin) or non-toxic lectins or the polymer itself may be bioadhesive, e.g., polyanhydride or polysaccharides such as chitosan.
  • biocompatible hydrophobic and hydrophilic polymers are particularly suited for the methods and compositions of the present invention by reason of their characteristically low human toxicity and virtually complete biodegradability.
  • microspheres are defined for purposes of the present invention as particles comprising local anesthetic and pharmaceutically acceptable controlled release material, e.g., the aforementioned polymeric materials (used as a controlled release carrier for the drug) which are preferably anywhere from about 20 microns to about 200 microns, and more preferably from about 45 to about 90 microns in diameter.
  • the microspheres are preferably formed in such a size as to be injectable.
  • the term "microsphere” encompasses "microparticle” and "microcapsule”.
  • the polymeric material used in the microspheres of the present invention preferably have a molecular weight from about 5,000 to about 200,000.
  • the polymeric material may be prepared by any method known to those skilled in the art.
  • this copolymer may be prepared by the procedure set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 4,293,539 (Ludwig, et al.), hereby incorporated by reference.
  • the copolymers are prepared by condensation of lactic acid and glycolic acid in the presence of a readily removable polymerization catalyst (e.g., a strong acid ion-exchange resin such as Dowex HCR-W2-H).
  • the amount of catalyst is not critical to the polymerization, but typically is form about 0.01 to about 20 parts by weight relative to the total weight of combined lactic acid and glycolic acid.
  • the polymerization reaction may be conducted without solvents at a temperature from about 100° C. to about 250° C. for about 48 to about 96 hours, preferably under a reduced pressure to facilitate removal of water and by-products.
  • the copolymer is then recovered by filtering the molten reaction mixture to remove substantially all of the catalyst, or by cooling and then dissolving the reaction mixture in an organic solvent such as dichloromethane or acetone and then filtering to remove the catalyst.
  • Polyanhydrides may be prepared in accordance with the methods set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 4,757,128, hereby incorporated by reference.
  • polyanhydrides may be synthesized by melt polycondensation of highly pure dicarboxylic acid monomers converted to the mixed anhydride by reflux in acetic anhydride, isolation and purification of the isolated prepolymers by recrystallization, and melt polymerization under low pressure (10 -4 mm) with a dry ice/acetone trap at a temperature between 140°-250° C. for 10-300 minutes.
  • High molecular weight polyanhydrides are obtained by inclusion of a catalyst which increases the rate of anhydride interchain exchange, for example, alkaline earth metal oxides such as CaO, BaO and CaCO 3 .
  • a catalyst which increases the rate of anhydride interchain exchange for example, alkaline earth metal oxides such as CaO, BaO and CaCO 3 .
  • Polyorthoester polymers may be prepared, e.g., as set forth in U.S. Pat. No. 4,070,347, hereby incorporated by reference.
  • poly(d,1-lactic-co-glycolic acid) are commercially available.
  • a preferred commercially available product is a 50:50 poly (D,L) lactic co-glycolic acid having a mole percent composition of 50% lactide and 50% glycolide.
  • Other suitable commercially available products are 65:35 DL, 75:25 DL, 85:15 DL and poly(d,1-lactic acid) (d,1-PLA).
  • polyoactide-co-glycolides are also commercially available from Boehringer Ingelheim (Germany) under its Resomer ⁇ mark, e.g., PLGA 50:50 (Resomer RG 502), PLGA 75:25 (Resomer RG 752) and d,1-PLA (resomer RG 206), and from Birmingham Polymers (Birmingham, Alabama). These copolymers are available in a wide range of molecular weights and ratios of lactic to glycolic acid.
  • the polymers utilized in the microspheres of the present invention may be prepared, e.g., by the condensation of lactic acid and glycolic acid in the presence of a readily removable polymerization catalyst.
  • catalysts include strong acid ion-exchange resins in the form of beads or similarly hard structures which are easily removed by filtration or similar techniques. Further information concerning the preparation of the copolymers of the present invention is readily available to those skilled in the art, and may be ascertained from, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,293,539 (Ludwig, et al.), hereby incorporated by reference.
  • polyanhydrides which are useful in the present invention have a water-labile anhydride linkage.
  • the rate of drug release can be controlled by the particular polyanhydride polymer utilized and its molecular weight.
  • the polyanhydride polymer may be branched or linear.
  • PCPP poly[bis(p-carboxyphenoxy)propane anhydride]
  • PCPM poly[bis(p-carboxy)methane anhydride]
  • biocompatible controlled release microspheres of the present invention may be prepared by any procedure known to those skilled in the art. Methods for the manufacture of microspheres include solvent evaporation, phase separation and fluidized bed coating.
  • the microspheres may be obtained by utilizing a solvent extraction technique (reactor process) which involves dissolving the drug and the polymer in an organic solvent such as ethyl acetate.
  • This solution thereby obtained (the dispersed phase) is added to a solution of, e.g., polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) in water (the continuous phase) with stirring.
  • PVA polyvinyl alcohol
  • the emulsion thereby formed is then added to water in order to extract the solvent and to harden the microspheres.
  • the mixture is then filtered and the microspheres are dried.
  • One appropriate method of drying is, e.g., under vacuum at room temperature.
  • the microsphere may be dried by a freeze drying process.
  • the desired particle size fraction is then collected by sieving.
  • the organic solvent utilized is preferably ethyl acetate; however, any pharmaceutically acceptable organic solvent may be utilized, such as acetone, ethanol, diethyl ether, methanol, benzyl alcohol, methylene chloride, petroleum ether or others. This procedure is particularly useful for preparing microspheres of e.g., bupivacaine base or free-base forms of glucocorticoids.
  • the microspheres of bupivacaine base and/or glucocorticoid may be prepared by dissolving the drug and polymer in ethyl acetate and thereafter spray drying the solution.
  • the microspheres may be prepared using a coacervation/phase separation rather than the solvent extraction technique described above.
  • the solvent extraction technique can be used with e.g., bupivacaine HCl and/or water soluble glucocorticoids due to its low water solubility at pH 7.4 and above.
  • the coacervation/phase separation technique utilized involves dissolving the polymer in ethyl acetate and suspending micronized bupivacaine HCl in the solution. Silicone oil is then added to form the microspheres. This mixture is then added to heptane to harden the microspheres, which are then separated by filtration. The microspheres are dried under a vacuum at room temperature. The desired particle size fraction is then collected by sieving.
  • microspheres prepared using bupivacaine HCl and/or glucocorticoids may be accomplished by suspending the drug in a solution of polymer in ethyl acetate or in methylene chloride and methanol and spray drying.
  • the drug or drugs may be dissolved in water, and the polymer may be dissolved in ethyl acetate.
  • the water phase then can be added to the organic phase and either homogenized or sonicated to yield a W/O emulsion.
  • the drug being in the water phase would then be surrounded by polymer (oil phase).
  • This is then poured into PVA solution in water with homogenization to form a W/O/W emulsion.
  • the solvent diffuses out, leaving microspheres.
  • Additional cold water can be added to harden the microspheres. This process may yield more uniform microspheres without requiring micronization of the drug.
  • the release of the drug may be more uniform and would be diffusion-controlled.
  • the drug is dissolved in an organic solvent along with the polymer.
  • the solution is then processed, e.g., through a Wurster air suspension coater apparatus to form the final microcapsule product.
  • the ultimate drug content of the microspheres according to the present invention may be varied substantially, depending upon whether a high load or a low load formulation procedure is utilized.
  • the drug content of the microspheres, by weight may be from about 0.1 to about 90%, preferably from about 30% to about 90% and more preferably from about 60% to about 85% of the total weight of the microsphere, and most preferably, about 75% by weight.
  • the drug included in the microspheres is a local anesthetic either of the ester or amide type.
  • suitable local anesthetics of the ester type include the benzoic acid esters (e.g., piperocaine, meprylcaine, isobucaine), the para-aminobenzoic acid esters (e.g., procaine, tetracaine, butethamine, propoxycaine, chloroprocaine); meta-aminobenzoic acid esters (e.g., metabutethamine, primacaine), paraethoxybenzoic acid esters (e.g., parethoxycaine), and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
  • benzoic acid esters e.g., piperocaine, meprylcaine, isobucaine
  • the para-aminobenzoic acid esters e.g., procaine, tetracaine, butethamine, propoxycaine, chloroprocaine
  • the non-esters include, e.g., lidocaine, mepivacaine, pyrrocaine, prilocaine, bupivacaine, etidocaine, pharmaceutically acceptable salts.
  • a most preferred local anesthetic is bupivacaine.
  • the microspheres incorporate bupivacaine as the drug in an amount from about 45% to about 70% by weight, the copolymer being PLGA 50:50 of a molecular weight from about 5,000 to about 200,000.
  • the microspheres of the present invention preferably provide a sustained action in the localized area to be treated.
  • the drug included in the microspheres is bupivacaine
  • the incorporated drug is a glucocorticoid
  • the formulations can therefore, of course, be modified in order to obtain such a desired result.
  • the microspheres of the present invention may be utilized as a controlled release formulation to deliver local anesthetic, glucocorticoid reactivating agent and/or combinations of the same, preferably by incorporating an effective amount of the same into a pharmaceutically acceptable solution (e.g., water) or suspension for injection.
  • a pharmaceutically acceptable solution e.g., water
  • the final reconstituted product viscosity may be in a range suitable for the route of administration. In certain instances, the final reconstituted product viscosity may be, e.g., about 35 cps. Administration may be via the subcutaneous or intramuscular route. However, alternative routes are also contemplated, and the formulations may be applied to the localized site in any manner known to those skilled in the art, such that a localized effect is obtained.
  • the microspheric formulations of the present invention can be implanted at the site to be treated. Thereby, the formulations of the present invention, when including a local anesthetic, may be used in
  • the dosage of the controlled release microsphere formulations of the present invention is dependent upon the kind and amount of the drug to be administered, the recipient animal, and the objectives of the treatment.
  • the formulation may include, e.g., from about 0.5 to about 2 mg/kg body weight. Since the formulations of the present invention are controlled release, it is contemplated that formulations may include much more than usual immediate release doses, e.g., as much as 450 mg/kg bupivacaine or more.
  • the effective dose of bupivacaine can range from about 1 to about 50 mg of bupivacaine injected or inserted at each site where the release of a local anesthetic agent is desired.
  • the dose of bupivacaine in the controlled release dosage form of the invention is sufficient to provide a controlled release of about 1 to about 30 mg of local anesthetic per hour at the release site for the desired duration of anesthesia, e.g., a time period ranging from about 8 to about 4 days or more, from about 1 to about 24 hours, or from about 1 to about 12 hours or even from about 1 to about 8 hours.
  • the local anesthetic is incorporated into the polymer or other controlled-release formulation in a percent loading between 0.1% and 90%, by weight, preferably between about 5% and 75%, by weight and, more preferably from about 60% to about 80% by weight.
  • the amount of drug released per day increases proportionately with the percentage of drug incorporated into the formulation, e.g., matrix (for example, from 5 to 10 to 20%).
  • polymer matrices or other formulations comprising from about 70% to about 75% by weight, of local anesthetic, are utilized, although it is possible to incorporate substantially more drug, depending on the drug, the method used for making and loading the formulation, and the polymer.
  • formulations prepared according to the present invention e.g., as microspheres, can be loaded with, e.g., 75% by weight of bupivacaine free base, and nevertheless provide a controlled release of bupivacaine, in vitro, without any "dose-dumping" effect.
  • a desired release profile of an incorporated drug or drugs can be achieved by using a mixture of microspheres formed of polymers having different release rates and/or different percent loading of local anesthetic and/or glucocorticosteroid agent, for example, polymers releasing in one day, three days, and one week, so that linear release is achieved even when each polymer per se does not release linearly over the same time period.
  • a mixture of microspheres having one or more different local anesthetic agents, having the same or different controlled release profile can be utilized to provide the benefits of different potencies and spectrum of activity during the course of treatment.
  • the biocompatible controlled release materials may also be used in order to prepare controlled release local anesthetic implants.
  • the implants may be manufactured, e.g., by compression molding, injection molding, screw extrusion and hot melt methods, whereby the local anesthetic agent is loaded into the polymer.
  • Implantable fibers can be manufactured, e.g., by blending the local anesthetic agent with the controlled release material and then extruding the mixture, e.g., under pressure, to thereby obtain biocompatible fibers.
  • the glucocorticosteroid agent may be incorporated into the implant, or may be coated onto a surface of the implant.
  • the controlled release material comprises an artificial lipid vesicle, or liposome.
  • Liposomes are well known in the art as carriers of bioactive or pharmacologically active substances such as drugs. Liposomes as described herein will vary in size. Preferably, the liposomes have a diameter between 100 nm and 10 microns or greater.
  • a wide variety of lipid materials may be used to form the liposomes including natural lecithins, e.g., those derived from egg and soya bean, and synthetic lecithins, the proviso being that it is preferred that the lipids are non-immunogenic and bio-degradable.
  • lipid-based materials formed in combination with polymers may be used, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,188,837 to Domb, (incorporated by reference herein).
  • Examples of synthetic lecithins which may be used together with their respective phase transition temperatures, are di-(tetradecanoy)phosphatidylcholine (DTPC) (23° C.), di-(hexadecanoyl)phosphatidylcholine (DHPC) (41° C.) and di-(octandecanoyl) phosphatidylcholine (DOPC) (55° C.).
  • Di-(hexadecanoyl) phosphatidycholine is preferred as the sole or major lecithin, optionally together with a minor proportion of the di-(octadecanoyl) or the di-(tetradecanoyl) compound.
  • Other synthetic lecithins which may be used are unsaturated synthetic lecithins, for example, di-(oleyl)phosphatidyl-choline and di-(linoleyl)phosphatidylcholine.
  • unsaturated synthetic lecithins for example, di-(oleyl)phosphatidyl-choline and di-(linoleyl)phosphatidylcholine.
  • other lipids e.g. in a proportion of 5-40% w/w of the total lipids
  • cholesterol or cholesterol stearate may be included, for example, cholesterol or cholesterol stearate, to modify the structure of the liposome membrane, rendering it more fluid or more rigid depending on the nature of the main liposome-forming lipid or lipids.
  • Liposomes may be prepared by dissolving an appropriate amount of a phospholipid or mixture or phospholipids together with any other desired lipid soluble components (e.g., cholesterol, cholesterol stearate) flowing in a suitable solvent (e.g., ethanol) and evaporating to dryness.
  • a suitable solvent e.g., ethanol
  • An aqueous solution of the local anesthetic, optionally with glucocorticosteroid agent may then be added and mixed until a lipid film is dispersed.
  • the resulting suspension will contain liposomes ranging in size, which may then fractionated to remove undesirable sizes, if necessary. This fractionation may be effected by column gel chromatography, centrifugation, ultracentrifugation or by dialysis, as well known in the art.
  • the controlled release carrier is a polymer and/or matrix formulation
  • the amount of drug released per day increases proportionately with the percentage of drug incorporated into the formulation, e.g., matrix (for example, from 5 to 10 to 20%).
  • polymer matrices or other formulations with about 75% drug incorporated are utilized, although it is possible to incorporate substantially more drug, depending on the drug, the method used for making and loading the device, and the polymer.
  • the controlled release formulation comprising local anesthetic provides, in vitro, from about 10 to about 60 percent release of local anesthetic after 24 hours, from about 20 to about 80 percent release after 48 hours and from about 40 to about 100 percent release after 72 hours.
  • the controlled release formulation comprising local anesthetic provides a preferred rate of release, in vitro, from about 25 to about 40 percent release of local anesthetic after 24 hours, from about 40 to about 50 percent release after 24 hours and from about 45 to about 55 percent release after 72 hours and 80 to 100 percent cumulative release is provided after about 280 hours.
  • the initial local anesthesia can be induced by administration of an anesthetically effective amount of a local anesthetic agent or a mixture of local anesthetic agents.
  • the initial local anesthesia can be induced by administration of an anesthetically effective amount of a local anesthetic agent or a mixture of local anesthetic agents together with a glucocorticoid agent or a mixture of glucocorticoid agents.
  • the time period during which a glucocorticoid agent can be administered for reactivation of local anesthesia ranges from about 1 hour after administration of the initial local anesthetic dose to about 72 hours or longer.
  • the time period during which successful reactivation can be initiated ranges from about 1 hour after administration of the initial local anesthetic dose to about 72 hours, or more. More particularly, the time period during which successful reactivation can be initiated ranges from about 1 to about 24 hours, from about 1 to about 12 hours, from about 1 to about 6 hours, from about 1 to about 4 hours, from about 4 to about 72 hours and from about 4 to about 24 hours, after the time that the (e.g., first) local anesthetic was administered.
  • the total duration of the obtained local anesthesia ranges from about 1.1 to about 14 fold, or more, of the duration of local anesthesia induced by controlled release local anesthetic without glucocorticosteroid enhancement.
  • the prolongation ranges from about 6 to about 13 fold of the duration of local anesthesia induced by controlled release local anesthetic without glucocorticosteroid enhancement.
  • the duration, measured from the time of administration of the local anesthetic, of the reactivated local anesthesia ranges from about 0.1 to about 72 hours or greater.
  • the duration, measured from the time of administration of the reactivating composition, of the reactivated local anesthesia ranges from about 1 to about 48 hours or greater. Further, the duration of the local anesthetic effect reactivated by a glucocorticosteroid ranges from about 8 to about 30 hours, from the time of administration of the local anesthetic.
  • the rate of release of local anesthetic agent, glucocorticosteroid agent or other drugs incorporated into the controlled release formulations according to the invention will also depend on the solubility properties of the selected local anesthetic, glucocorticosteroid or other drug.
  • those local anesthetic agents having pH dependent solubility will be released more rapidly at a pH lower than the pKa value for each such compound.
  • the formulation may be optimized for the desired local anesthetic release rate by selecting local anesthetic agents having a desired water solubility in tissue, e.g., at tissue pH.
  • a local anesthetic agent that is more soluble at acid pH will have a faster release rate in a relatively acidic (e.g., pH less than about 7.2) tissue.
  • the formulation will have released, in vitro, at least 70 percent of a local anesthetic at 48 hours at about pH 6 and will have released at least 40 percent of a local anesthetic at a pH ranging from about 7.4 to about 8, at 48 hours.
  • Other combinations are pH independent in their release.
  • Glucocorticosteroids and synthetic analogs that are useful to prolong the duration of anesthesia include glucocorticosteroids such as dexamethasone, cortisone, prednisone, hydrocortisone, beclomethasone dipropionate, betamethasone, flunisolide, methylprednisone, paramethasone, prednisolone, triamcinolone, alclometasone, amcinonide, clobetasol, fludrocortisone, diflorasone diacetate, fluocinolone acetonide, fluocinonide, fluorometholone, flurandrenolide, halcinonide, medrysone and mometasone and pharmaceutically-acceptable mixtures and salts of the same, and others that are routinely administered orally or by injection.
  • glucocorticosteroids such as dexamethasone, cortisone, prednisone, hydrocortisone,
  • an amount of a glucocorticosteroid agent effective to restore or reactivate a previously administered local anesthesia is administered when the previous anesthesia begins to wane.
  • glucocorticosteroid agent is administered after the previous local anesthesia has substantially or fully worn off.
  • an effective amount of a composition that includes a glucocorticosteroid agent or mixtures of such agents is administered at time ranging from about 1 to about 72 hours, or more, from about 1 to about 24 hours or more, from about 1 to about 12 hours, and from about 1 hours to about 2 hours, after the local anesthesia begins to subside or wear off.
  • glucocorticosteroid agent When the glucocorticosteroid agent is included in a controlled release formulation, alone or further comprising local anesthetic, it has been found that useful loadings of glucocorticosteroid agent are from 0.001 to 30% by weight of the dosage form or about 0.005% to about 13% relative to the weight of the local anesthetic in order to provide prolonged release, e.g., for from 1 hour to 100 hours, or more or from, e.g., about 1 hour to about 72 hours, from about 1 hour to about 24 hours, from about 1 hour to about 8 hours and from about 1 hour to about 4 hours of controlled release.
  • the glucocorticosteroid agent is dexamethasone
  • the dexamethasone comprises from, e.g., about 0.005 to about 0.5% of the controlled release formulation.
  • the dosages of other glucocorticosteroids must be adjusted relative to the potency of dexamethasone. The dosage must be low enough to avoid toxicity.
  • the combination of a glucocorticosteroid agent and a local anesthetic in a single controlled release formulation is designed for sequential release of first the local anesthetic and then the glucocorticosteroid agent.
  • the amount of glucocorticosteroid agent is from, e.g., about 0.001% to about 20% relative to the weight of the local anesthetic.
  • the glucocorticosteroid agent is dexamethasone that is included in the injection media, it is preferred that the dexamethasone be from, e.g., about 0.01% to about 1.3% or more, relative to the weight of the local anesthetic.
  • glucocorticosteroid agents such as dexamethasone restore or reactivate local anesthesia in vivo.
  • Potential applications include any condition for which reactivation of previously administered localized anesthesia is desirable. This includes both anesthesia for the relief of pain and motor symptoms as well as anesthesia for other medical purposes.
  • the formulations and methods according to the invention can be used to provide intermittent and/or two to five day intercostal blockade or anesthetic effect for thoracotomy, or longer term intercostal blockade or anesthetic effect for thoracic post-therapeutic neuralgia, lumbar sympathetic blockade or anesthetic effect for reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or three-day ilioinguinal/iliohypogastric blockade or anesthetic effect for hernia repair.
  • Other potential applications include obstetrical or gynecological procedures.
  • Still further potential applications include providing localized temporary sympathectomy, e.g., blockade or anesthetic effect of sympathetic or parasympathetic ganglia to treat a variety of autonomic diseases, including circulatory dysfunction or cardiac dysrhythmias.
  • the formulations may also be used to treat trigeminal neuralgia and other diseases of the cranial nerves as well as to provide temporary anesthesia to treat localized muscle spasm and treatment of retrobulbar conditions, e.g., eye pain.
  • a dosage form e.g., microspheres
  • a dosage form are administered by injection into a site where local anesthetic agent is to be released to provide an initial localized anesthesia.
  • Microspheres may be e.g., applied topically, infiltrated, infused or injected through a syringe or a trochar.
  • Pellets or slabs may be surgically placed into a site where release of oral anesthetic agent is desired.
  • microspheres according to the invention can be administered alone or in combination with a controlled release formulation and/or a solution including a steroidal anti-inflammatory or other glucocorticosteroids in an amount effective to prolong the duration of local anesthesia.
  • the rnicrospheres include an amount of steroidal anti-inflammatory effective to prolong and/or reactivate a local anesthesia.
  • one or more glucocorticosteroids can be administered before, simultaneously with or after administration of the controlled release local anesthetic, wherein the glucocorticosteroid is formulated into a separate microsphere formulation for controlled release.
  • the controlled release rate for the glucocorticosteroids may be the same as or different than the controlled release rate for the local anesthetic.
  • an additional dose of glucocorticosteroid may also be administered as an injectable solution, in an injectable carrier or in a controlled release carrier to the nerve to be treated after the controlled release local anesthesia has worn off, in order to reactivate the initial anesthesia without the co-administration of additional local anesthetic.
  • the microspheres may be prepared from PLGA polymers ranging from, for example, PLGA in a ratio of 50:50, 65:35 or 75:25. An optimum composition has been determined to be PLGA 65:35.
  • the dosage of local anesthetic containing microspheres will vary and will depend, simply by way of example, upon the area to be anesthetized, the vascularity of the tissues, the number of neuronal segments to be treated, the size and weight of the patient (e.g., veterinary practice, human child, human adult) individual tolerance and the technique of anesthesia. Of course, under normal circumstances, the lowest dosage need to provide effective anesthesia should be administered
  • microspheres formulated with, e.g., PLGA 65:35 microspheres are administered in a dose ranging from, for example, 1 through 450 mg per kg of body weight, of microspheres 75% (w/w) loaded with a local anesthetic such as bupivacaine, per kg of body weight.
  • a local anesthetic such as bupivacaine
  • the dose ranges from 5 through 250 mg of microspheres/kg of body weight.
  • the dose ranges from about 10 to about 150 mg of microspheres/kg of body weight, with PLGA 65:35.
  • An effective dose of a local anesthetic such as bupivacaine
  • a local anesthetic such as bupivacaine
  • bupivacaine is typically administered in microspheres comprising, e.g., 75% by weight bupivacaine, and can range from about 0.5 to about 1000 mg, or more, of bupivacaine, depending on the site to be anesthetized, the number of segments to be anesthetized and the patient, as discussed above.
  • a dose ranging from about 1 mg to about 500 mg of bupivacaine is administered, or even a dose ranging from about 5 mg to about 100 mg of bupivacaine is administered at the site and/or sites to be anesthetized.
  • the formulation described herein can also be used to administer local anesthetic agents that produce modality-specific anesthesia, as reported by Schneider, et al., Anesthesiology, 74:270-281 (1991), or that possess physical-chemical attributes that make them more useful for sustained release then for single injection anesthesia, as reported by Masters, et al., Soc Neurosci. Abstr., 18:200 (1992), the teachings of which are incorporated herein.
  • formulations according to the invention may require the use of a vehicle, e.g., any vehicle that is pharmaceutically acceptable for the desired route of administration.
  • a vehicle e.g., any vehicle that is pharmaceutically acceptable for the desired route of administration.
  • the formulations prepared according to the invention comprising local anesthetic and/or glucocorticoid may be dissolved (e.g., for immediate release forms) or suspended (e.g., for microparticles) in vehicles including buffered solutions, e.g, saline solution, including, e.g, hypotonic and/or buffered saline, as well as in creams, ointments, oils, emulsions, liposomes and the like and/or any other art-known pharmaceutically acceptable topical vehicle.
  • buffered solutions e.g, saline solution, including, e.g, hypotonic and/or buffered saline, as well as in creams, ointments, oils,
  • the formulations according to the invention may be suspended (e.g., for microparticles), or dissolved (e.g., for immediate release forms), in any art-known vehicle suitable for injection and/or infiltration.
  • vehicles include, simply by way of example, isotonic saline, buffered or unbuffered and the like and/and may optionally include any other art known ingredients or agents, e.g., colorants, preservatives, antibiotics, epinephrine and the like.
  • the local anesthetic formulations and methods according to the invention can generally employed in any art known localized procedures for anesthetizing a patient.
  • microsphere suspensions or other forms of controlled release carrier e.g., microsphere, cellulose based polymers and/or gum matrices in paste form, suitable for topical application, are used to anesthetize mucous membranes, skin and for ophthalmological use.
  • Effective amounts of glucocorticoid agents can be included with the topical controlled release formulation or, optionally, at least a portion of the glucocorticoid agent can be separately administered in controlled release form, immediate release form and/or a combination thereof.
  • the local anesthetic formulations and methods according to the invention can be used for infiltration anesthesia, wherein a formulation suitable for injection is injected directly into the tissue requiring anesthesia.
  • a formulation suitable for injection is injected directly into the tissue requiring anesthesia.
  • an effective amount of the formulation in injectable form is infiltrated into a tissue area that is to be incised or otherwise requires local anesthesia.
  • the local anesthetic formulations and methods according to the invention can be used for field block anesthesia, by injecting an effective amount of the formulation in injectable form in such a manner as to interrupt nerve transmission proximal to the site to be anesthetized.
  • glucocorticoid agents can be included with injectable controlled release formulation or, optionally, at least a portion of the glucocorticoid agent can be separately administered in controlled release form, immediate release form and/or a combination thereof
  • the local anesthetic formulations and methods according to the invention can be used for nerve block anesthesia.
  • an effective amount of the formulation in injectable form is injected into or adjacent to individual peripheral nerves or nerve plexuses.
  • Injection of an effective amount of a local anesthetic formulation according to the invention into mixed peripheral nerves and nerve plexuses can also desirably anesthetize somatic motor nerves, when required.
  • the formulations and methods according to the invention can also be used for intravenous regional anesthesia by injecting a pharmacologically effective amount of microspheres in injectable form into a vein of an extremity that is subjected to a tourniquet to occlude arterial flow.
  • the formulation described herein can also be used to administer local anesthetic agents that produce modality-specific anesthesia, as reported by Schneider, et al., Anesthesiology, 74:270-281 (1991), or that possess physical-chemical attributes that make them more useful for sustained release then for single injection anesthesia, as reported by Masters, et al., Soc. Neurosci. Abstr., 18:200 (1992), the teachings of which are incorporated herein.
  • Copolymers of 1,3-bis(p-carboxy-phenoxy)propane and sebacic acid (20:80) were synthesized and recrystallized to remove impurities.
  • Polymer local anesthetic matrices were prepared in the form of pellets containing 10% and 20% L-cis-hydroxyproline (CEP) by weight of CPP:SA (20:80) copolymer or containing 20% crystalline bupivacaine-HCL by weight of CPP:SA 20:80 copolymer were produced using the hot melt procedure.
  • CEP L-cis-hydroxyproline
  • Polymer local anesthetic matrices incorporating both bupivacaine and dexarnethasone were synthesized via the hot melt procedure in the form of pellets, using a uniform mixture of dexamethasone and bupivacaine formed by combining dexamethasone dissolved in 95% ethanol with bupivacaine dissolved in 95% ethanol.
  • the solution was air-dried under the hood at room temperature until the ethanol evaporated and left behind a well-dispersed mixture of dry crystalline dexamethasone and bupivacaine.
  • the crystalline mixture was pulverized under mortar and pestle and combined with copolymer.
  • Control pellets contained only CPP:SA (20:80) copolymer and all pellets were synthesized with large bore Teflon® (polytetrafluoroethylene) tubing.
  • Hd-dexamethasone/bupivacaine pellets contained approximately 60 ⁇ g dexamethasone per pellet.
  • Ld-dexamethasone/bupivacaine pellets contained approximately 15 ⁇ g per pellet. Both sets contained 20% bupivacaine by weight.
  • Tritium labeled dexamethasone ( 3 H-dexamethasone) was purchased from New England Nuclear Corporation (Boston, Mass.). An aliquot consisting of 10 7 counts was added to a mixture of 200 ⁇ g unlabeled dexamethasone and 190 mg bupivacaine dissolved in 95% ethanol. This solution was air-dried under the hood at room temperature until the ethanol evaporated and left behind a well-dispersed mixture of dry crystalline 3 H-labeled dexamethasone, unlabeled dexamethasone and bupivacaine. This dry crystalline mixture was pulverized under mortar and pestle and combined with 650 mg CPP:SA (20:80) copolymer.
  • All 3 H-dexamethasone/unlabeled dexamethasone/bupivacaine pellets were synthesized using large bore Teflon® tubing. Each pellet was placed in 5 mL of sterile 1X PBS (phosphate-buffered saline) containing 1% sodium azide and incubated at 37° C. The incubated 1X PBS media was removed and stored at -20° C., and replaced with 5 ml of fresh sterile 1X PBS at 2 h, 6 h and 24 h time points and then once daily thereafter for 3 weeks. The 3 H released was counted using a liquid scintillation counter (Rackbeta 1214).
  • Animals were implanted with 3 hd-dexamethasone/bupivacaine pellets or 3 ld-dexamethasone/bupivacaine pellets on the experimental side. Control animals were implanted with 3 control pellets on the control side.
  • dexamethasone The release of dexamethasone from pellets was nearly linear for the first 8 days and eventually reached a plateau by Day 21. Approximately 60% of dexamethasone was released from pellets by Days 7-8 and by Day 21, 97% of dexamethasone was released.
  • Animals implanted with ld-dexamethasone/bupivacaine pellets had the longest sensory and motor blockade or anesthesia effect. Sensory blockade or anesthesia effect lasted for a period of 6-7 days with maximum blockade intensity (latency 12 sec) observed on days 1-5 in all animals. Motor blockade or anesthesia effect lasted for 6-8 days with the densest motor blockade or anesthesia effect seen on day 1-5. All animals returned to baseline on Day 8. Rats implanted with hd-dexamethasone/bupivacaine pellets also had sensory blockade or anesthesia effect lasting 6-7 days. However, maximum blockade intensity was observed only on days 1-2 in all rats.
  • Plasma assays showed no difference in ACTH and corticosterone levels compared to normal values of rats taken at the same period of day and under similar stress-level conditions.
  • the rats were behaviorally tested for sensory and motor anesthesia in a quiet observation room. Testing was only performed in rats showing appropriate baseline hot plate latencies after at least one week of testing. In all testing conditions, the experimenter recording the behavior was unaware of the side containing the local anesthetic.
  • a 4-point scale based on visual observation was devised: (1) normal appearance, (2) intact dorsiflexion of foot with an impaired ability to splay toes when elevated by the tail, (3) toes and foot remained plantar flexed with no splaying ability, and (4) loss of dorsiflexion, flexion of toes, and impairment of gait. For graphing clarity, partial motor anesthesia equals a score of 2 and dense motor anesthesia is a score of either 3 or 4.
  • Sensory anesthesia was measured by the time required for each rat to withdraw its hind paw from a 56° C. plate (IITC Life Science Instruments, Model 35-D, Woodland Hills, Calif.). The rats were allowed to adjust to their surroundings in a quiet room for at least 30 minutes before testing. The rats were held with a cloth gently wrapped above their waist to restrain the upper extremities and obstruct vision. The rats were positioned to stand with one hind paw on a hot plate and the other on a room temperature plate. With a computer data collection system (Apple IIe with a footpad switch), latency to withdraw each hind paw to the hot plate was recorded by alternating paws and allowing at least fifteen seconds of recovery between each measurement.
  • a computer data collection system Apple IIe with a footpad switch
  • Rats were tested for at least two weeks prior to surgery to achieve a consistent baseline latency, and testing continued for two weeks after surgery to confirm complete recovery from sensory anesthesia.
  • Motor anesthesia e.g., blockade
  • Motor blockade or anesthesia effect 3 animals walked normally but had toes that failed to splay when the animal was lifted.
  • Animals with motor blockade or anesthesia effect of 2 showed toes that splayed but not as fully as normal or motor blockade or anesthesia effect 1 animals.
  • Rats 250-275 g anesthetized with ketamine-HCl (100 mg/mi at 1.5 ml/kg, i.p.) and xylazine (4 mg/ml at 4 mg/kg, i.p.), were implanted with a silastic catheter into the right jugular vein. Blood was withdrawn (0.5 cc) before implantation and at timed intervals after administration via the indwelling central venous cannulae. Plasma was extracted with an equal volume of HPLC grade methanol (Fischer Scientific, Pittsburgh, Pa.), centrifuged (10,000 ⁇ g) and the methanol phase filtered (0.2 ⁇ m nylon syringe type, Rainin, Woburn, Mass.) prior to HPLC analysis.
  • microspheres which can be injected.
  • D dexamethasone
  • Abbreviations include PLGA, poly-glycolic acid; CH 2 Cl 2 , methylene chloride; dpm, disintegrations per minute; cpm, counts per minute; rpm, revolutions per minute.
  • the non-radioactive polymer microspheres (Ms) used in this study were supplied by Medisorb, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • the PLGA 65:35 (Lot. No. S2170 Si177, Mw 130,000) was supplied by Medisorb, Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • Tritium labeled dexamethasone was obtained from Amersham (specific activity 9.24 ⁇ 10 10 dpm/ ⁇ mole) Bupivacaine free base was supplied by Purdue Frederick (Lot No. 32931) and dexamethasone was supplied by Sigma (Lot No. 34H0502). Trisma base was supplied by Sigma (Lot No. 64H5732).
  • Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline was supplied by Gibco, Maryland (Lot No. 14N5447). (2.68 KCL mM/L, 1.47 KH 2 PO 4 mM/L, 547.5 NaCl mM/L, 9.50 mM/L NaHPO 4 ).
  • the suspension media used in the in vivo experiments was supplied by Medisorb and consisted of 0.5% w/v sodium carboxymethylcellulose (medium viscosity) and 0.1% w/v Tween 80.
  • a Coulter® Multisizer II, Coulter Electronics Ltd., Luton, England was used to determine the mass median diameter of the microspheres.
  • the radiolabeled microspheres were formulated by a single emulsion technique, using an evaporation process. Two types of radiolabeled microspheres were formulated, one which contained 75% w/w unlabeled bupivacaine and 0.05% w/w tritium labeled dexamethasone and the other contained 0.05% w/w unlabeled dexamethasone and 75% wlw tritium labeled bupivacaine.
  • microspheres which contained tritium labeled dexamethasone were prepared as follows: an aliquot of dexamethasone containing 8 ⁇ 10 6 disintegrations per minute (dpm) was added to 100 ⁇ ls of a solution of 5 mg of unlabeled dexamethasone in 5 mls of ethanol. The sample was dried under a stream of nitrogen for one hour and 50 mg of PLGA 65:35 and 150 mg of bupivacaine free base in 1 ml of CH 2 Cl 2 were added. The tube was vortexed for 1 minute at 2000 rpm on a Fisher Scientific Touch Mixer, Model 232.
  • microspheres which were less than 20 and greater than 140 microns in diameter were discarded.
  • the microspheres which fell in the size range 20 ⁇ m to 140 ⁇ m were centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 5 minutes rinsed with buffer and centrifuged again.
  • the microspheres were then frozen in liquid nitrogen and lyophilized overnight.
  • the microspheres were examined before and after solvent removal using an American Optical One--Ten light microscope to ensure that no leaching of the drug took place. If leaching did occur, the bupivacaine crystallized and could be seen even at 10 ⁇ using a light microscope.
  • microspheres which contained tritium labeled bupivacaine were formulated as described above with the following exceptions: An aliquot of radiolabeled bupivacaine consisting of 9 ⁇ 10 6 dpm was added to 150 mg of unlabeled bupivacaine free base. The solution was then vortexed to ensure homogeneous mixing of labeled and unlabeled bupivacaine. The ethanol was then removed under a stream of nitrogen for 1 hour. Upon removal of the ethanol, 50 mg of PLGA 65:35 and 100 ⁇ l from a solution dexamethasone 1 mg/ml in ethanol was added. Thereafter, the protocol was the same as that used to formulate microspheres which contained radiolabeled dexamethasone.
  • microspheres 5 mg were weighed out and 2 mls of Dulbecco's phosphate-buffered saline was added. The pH of the buffer was adjusted to 7.4 and 0.1% sodium azide was added as an antimicrobial agent. The buffer was changed at 0.5, 2, 6, 12, and 24 hours and once daily thereafter. The amount of bupivacaine free base in the buffer was determined using a Hewlett Packard 8452 Diode Array Spectrophotometer at 272 nm. Duplicates from each batch of microspheres were assayed. Release media incubated with control microspheres which did not contain bupivacaine showed insignificant absorbance at 272 nm.
  • the procedure used to determine the in vitro release of both bupivacaine and dexamethasone is the same as that used for non-radiolabeled microspheres, except that the amount of radiolabeled compound released into the buffer was determined by adding 17 mis of Ecolume® scintillation fluid to 2 mls of buffer. The total number of counts was determined using a LKB Wallac 1214 Rackbeta Liquid Scintillation Counter. The efficiency, (the counts per minute/disintegration per minute), of the counter was determined to be 51%. Five replications of each set of radiolabeled microspheres were used.
  • the dose used varied between 50 and 450 mg of druglkg of rat, and 0.6 mls of injection vehicle was used for each injection.
  • the injection vehicle consisted of 0.5% w/w sodium carboxy methyl cellulose and 0.1% w/w Tween 80 in water.
  • the microspheres in the suspending media were vortexed at maximum speed for two minutes prior to injection.
  • the injection was performed by locating and injecting slightly below and proximal to the greater trochanter. Rats were anesthetized with halothane 2-3% inspired concentration in oxygen during injections, at least five rats were used to test each formulation.
  • the in vitro results showed that the bupivacaine was released from the microspheres in a controlled manner. In general, between 24-40% of the bupivacaine was released in the first 24 hours, and approximately 7% released daily thereafter. Approximately 90% of the bupivacaine was released after 5-8 days.
  • the presence of dexamethasone in the microspheres did not significantly affect the in vitro release rates of bupivacaine and the in vitro results cannot account for the prolongation of blockade or anesthesia effect, due to the presence of dexamethasone, observed in vivo.
  • FIG. 1A compares the rates of in vitro release of bupivacaine from PLGA 75:25 microspheres loaded with 75% bupivacaine containing dexamethasone with those which did not contain dexamethasone. Bupivacaine is released at similar rates in both cases, so the presence of dexamethasone did not influence the rate of diffusion of bupivacaine out of the polymer microspheres.
  • FIG. 6 compares the percent cumulative release of bupivacaine from microspheres when the pH of the buffer media was 6, 7.4 and 8. The rate of release of bupivacaine was higher at pH 6 than at pH 7.4 or 8, because bupivacaine has a greater ionized fraction and greater aqueous solubility at pH 6 than at pH 7.4 or pH 8. At about day 10, pH 7.4 bupivacaine release stopped, but the release of bupivacaine at pH 8 continued past 80% cumulative release. The excursion above the 100% cumulative release mark reflects the cumulative nature of the standard error when the data is presented in this manner.
  • FIG. 1A confirms that dexarnethasone was incorporated into the microspheres and that both substances were released at similar release rates.
  • FIG. 1B shows that among PLA 100, PLGA 75:25 and PLGA 65:35, the later two provided the longest duration of latency. No systemic toxicity, excessive sluggishness or death was observed even at the highest doses.
  • FIGS. 1B shows that among PLA 100, PLGA 75:25 and PLGA 65:35, the later two provided the longest duration of latency. No systemic toxicity, excessive sluggishness or death was observed even at the highest doses.
  • the 65:35 PLGA provides optimum duration of latency over 75:25 PLGA and 100PLA microspheres loaded with bupivacaine and dexamethasone as shown in FIG. 1B. This is confirmed by FIG. 3A, which shows a dose-response effect on latency between 0.05% dexamethasone and 0.005% dexamethasone.
  • the optimum formulation was determined to be 150 mg of bupivacaine/kg of rat in PLGA 65:35 microspheres which contained 75% bupivacaine and 0.05% dexamethasone (the mass median diameter was 70 ⁇ m, determined using a coulter counter). Using this formulation a 134 hour sciatic anesthesia was achieved.
  • a model system was developed in which dexamethasone was dissolved in ethanol and an aliquot of known concentration was added to the suspending medium which contained microspheres loaded with about 75% bupivacaine. Addition of dexamethasone to the suspending medium in concentrations ranging from 0.05% to 0.5% prolonged the duration of blockade or anesthesia effect obtained using bupivacaine microspheres.
  • This model system then permitted testing of a series of compounds over fall concentration ranges for prolongation of sciatic blockade or anesthesia effect in vivo without the labor-intensive step of making a microsphere prep with each additive and each dose.
  • Dexamethasone was dissolved in ethanol and an aliquot of known concentration was added to the suspending medium which contained microspheres loaded with 75% bupivacaine. Addition of dexamethasone to the suspending medium in concentrations ranging from 0.05% to 0.5% prolonged the duration of blockade or anesthesia effect obtained using bupivacaine microspheres. Addition of 0.005% (w/w) bupivacaine did not result in a prolongation of the blockade or anesthesia effect obtained.
  • This model system then permitted testing of a series of compounds over fill concentration ranges for prolongation of sciatic blockade or anesthesia effect in vivo without the labor-intensive step of making a microsphere prep with each additive and each dose.
  • the following polymer microspheres were formulated by solvent evaporation method (polymer molecular weight 130,000), and supplied by Medisorb, Cincinnati, Ohio: 65:35 PLGA loaded with 75% bupivacaine, 65:35 PLGA loaded with 75% bupivacaine and 0.05% cholesterol.
  • Estradiol, testosterone, betamethasone and dexamethasone were supplied by Sigma, St. Louis, Mo. Cholesterol was supplied by Aldrich, Milwaukee, Wis., hydrocortisone (Solu-Cortef®) and methylprednisolone was supplied by Upjohn Co., Kalamazoo, Mich.
  • Epinephrine was supplied by ElkinsSinn, Inc., New Jersey, Ketorolac.
  • the bupivacaine in saline was supplied by Astra Pharmaceutical, Massachusetts.
  • microsphere/additive mixture was vortexed (Scientific Industries Vortex Genie®) at maximum speed for three minutes prior to injection.
  • the injection was performed while the rats were under general anesthetic, by locating the greater trochanter and injecting slightly below and proximal to it. At least five rats were used in each test.
  • Table 1 shows the duration of blockade or anesthesia effects obtained when dexamethasone alone, liquid bupivacaine alone and a combination of liquid bupivacaine and two different concentrations of liquid dexamethasone were tested in vivo.
  • Table 2 shows the duration of blockade or anesthesia effects obtained when glucocorticoids, steroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories (NSAIDs) were placed in the injection fluid along with bupivacaine microspheres.
  • NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatories
  • Dexamethasone and betamethasone were approximately equivalent in augmenting motor blockade or anesthesia effect (FIG. 5B) but dexamethasone was optimal for sensory blockade or anesthesia effect (FIG. 5A).
  • the sensory blockade or anesthesia effect results parallel those obtained from motor blockade or anesthesia effect testing.
  • FIG. 5A shows that bupivacaine microspheres in the presence of dexamethasone provides a sensory blockade or anesthesia effect where the initial blockade or anesthesia effect latency of 12 seconds falls to a latency of about 7 seconds after 50 hours and about 2.5 seconds after 100 hours.
  • Betamethasone provided a similar duration of sensory blockade or anesthesia effect. Analogous results were obtained (FIG. 5B) for motor blockade or anesthesia effect.
  • High potency glucocorticoids such as betamethasone also produce prolongation of blockade or local anesthesia effect up to about 45 hours in duration.
  • glucocorticoids such as hydrocortisone produce mild, but statistically significant prolongation of blockade or anesthesia effect.
  • v. Estrogen has no blockade-prolonging effect.
  • Testosterone showed a mild prolongation of blockade or anesthesia effect (testosterone is a relatively weak hormone compared with synthetic analogues).
  • Rats were injected into or adjacent to the sciatic nerve with PLGA 65:35 controlled release microspheres loaded with bupivacaine (about 75% percent loading).

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